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Any Guide available For Flashing 4.2.2 on Custom kernel without Loosing Data

As the Topic Suggest is there any guide someone made for noobs like me
who wanna upgrade there NEXUS 7 to 4.2.2 having Custom kernel without loosing data ?

You don't need a guide in your case.
Click here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148337
There are two STOCK 4.2.2 roms in this thread. One is DEODEXED and the other is ODEXED.
I recommend downloading the DEODEXED STOCK 4.2.2 rom.
Here's the link to the DEODEXED STOCK ROM:
http://goo.im/devs/teshxx/Nexus7Wifi/Grouper-JDQ39_4.2.2-Deodex_Rooted-02-14-13-teshxx.zip
Download it, put it in your N7 and flash it via recovery. You won't lose any data and you don't have to wipe anything. Just flash and go!

scream4cheese said:
You don't need a guide in your case.
Click here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148337
There are two STOCK 4.2.2 roms in this thread. One is DEODEXED and the other is ODEXED.
I recommend downloading the DEODEXED STOCK 4.2.2 rom.
Here's the link to the DEODEXED STOCK ROM:
http://goo.im/devs/teshxx/Nexus7Wifi/Grouper-JDQ39_4.2.2-Deodex_Rooted-02-14-13-teshxx.zip
Download it, put it in your N7 and flash it via recovery. You won't lose any data and you won't have to wipe anything. Just flash and go!
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I won't get error 7 ?
For installing this ?
And its not ota update how come it wont wipe data?
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1) make a full nandroid (cwm/twrp) backup
2) flash a 4.2.2 stock-derived ROM on top of existing ROM - no wipe
2.5) flash a minimal root kit (SuperSU or Superuser) if not in ROM in step 2 - no wipe
3) flash the same kernel you used previously - no wipe
4) profit!
No workie? Restore backup from step # 1 and try something else.

pleasant said:
I won't get error 7 ?
For installing this ?
And its not ota update how come it wont wipe data?
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1. Have you read the thread?
2. No it won't give you an error. Why would it?
3. It's from the official OTA update. You just don't need to wipe anything. Trust me on this.
4. How come? I did this last night on my Nexus 7 and everything is just fine.
5. You won't get a bootloop or an error if you do exactly what I just told you.
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scream4cheese said:
1. Have you read the thread?
2. No it won't give you an error. Why would it?
3. It's from the official OTA update. You just don't need to wipe anything. Trust me on this.
4. How come? I did this last night on my Nexus 7 and everything is just fine.
5. You won't get a bootloop or an error if you do exactly what I just told you.
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For safety I made a full online nandroid backup as above suggested now the issue is I am trying to copy the backup on PC
But when I plug nexus 7 on PC
In clockworkmod folder the backup folder doesn't show up but in
File manager at tablet shows it :/
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pleasant said:
For safety I made a full online nandroid backup as above suggested now the issue is I am trying to copy the backup on PC
But when I plug nexus 7 on PC
In clockworkmod folder the backup folder doesn't show up but in
File manager at tablet shows it :/
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There's no need to do that. But in spite of it, I can tell you that you can just create the nandroid backup and leave it in your device. Don't pull it out. Just flash the download in my previous post and if anything goes wrong. Enter recovery mode and restore your system. Even if you did pull the nandriod backup file from the N7 and the device fails to boot up, you cant just put the file back in to restore it that way. It won't mount so you can access the internal storage system.
P.S i don't know how to make the backup show up but i think there are a few thread here that some people have found a solution to it.

scream4cheese said:
1. Have you read the thread?
2. No it won't give you an error. Why would it?
3. It's from the official OTA update. You just don't need to wipe anything. Trust me on this.
4. How come? I did this last night on my Nexus 7 and everything is just fine.
5. You won't get a bootloop or an error if you do exactly what I just told you.
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DA FAAK this thing worked :good:
i am finally upgraded to 4.2.2
tell me why this one didnt gave "7" error ?
Where this Guide was Hiding i have been looking for easiest method and this is what it is

pleasant said:
For safety I made a full online nandroid backup as above suggested now the issue is I am trying to copy the backup on PC
But when I plug nexus 7 on PC
In clockworkmod folder the backup folder doesn't show up but in
File manager at tablet shows it :/
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I have had TWRP behave the same way - sometimes it will put backups in
/data/media/TWRP/...
and sometimes in
/data/media/0/TWRP/...
It is a bit of a mystery what causes this to happen. Strangely, when there is a folder in the first location, TWRP (2.4.1.0) will not find the second one. But, if I manually move the files from the first location (/data/media/TWRP) to the second location (/data/media/0/TWRP) using a file manager, then TWRP will find the backups no problem.
well, the "sdcard" mount point ( == /data/media/0/ ) is the thing that shows up on the PC via MTP mode, so I would just move the files to the second location. I'm not sure if CWM behaves the same way, but you will certainly be able to copy them from the N7 to the PC at that point.
good luck.

pleasant said:
DA FAAK this thing worked :good:
i am finally upgraded to 4.2.2
tell me why this one didnt gave "7" error ?
Where this Guide was Hiding i have been looking for easiest method and this is what it is
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LOL. I told you it works.
There's one thing that you're missing from that update. And that is the bootloader version, the bootloader version that you're currently using is 4.13. The newest version is 4.18. You don't have to update it if you don't want to.
I'll include this link for you to flash the latest bootloader via command prompt.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2150251
I hope you know how to use adb/fastboot.

scream4cheese said:
LOL. I told you it works.
There's one thing that you're missing from that update. And that is the bootloader version, the bootloader version that you're currently using is 4.13. The newest version is 4.18. You don't have to update it if you don't want to.
I'll include this link for you to flash the latest bootloader via command prompt.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2150251
I hope you know how to use adb/fastboot.
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first tell me does updating bootloader wipes data ?
and secondly what does bootloader do and advantage of updating bootloader ?
u mean to say sideload command ?

pleasant said:
first tell me does updating bootloader wipes data ?
and secondly what does bootloader do and advantage of updating bootloader ?
u mean to say sideload command ?
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Updating bootloader does not wipe anything. It simply replaces and updates the one you already have on.
Definition of a bootloader:
http://m.androidcentral.com/what-is-android-bootloader
Sideload? I think so.

boot(basically kernel) and system are usually what people mean 'custom ROM'. So if you just manually flash these two things(and usually need to be done together), none of your 'data' would be lost.
So just find these two images (usually .img) in whatever custom ROM you want and flash it.
This is the unix convention for a long long while and android is just linux

scream4cheese said:
Updating bootloader does not wipe anything. It simply replaces and updates the one you already have on.
Definition of a bootloader:
http://m.androidcentral.com/what-is-android-bootloader
Sideload? I think so.
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So if there is a flashable zip available that would be great
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you don't really need to flash bootloader

chimpanzeexda said:
you don't really need to flash bootloader
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Yeah, I told him that.
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scream4cheese said:
1. Have you read the thread?
2. No it won't give you an error. Why would it?
3. It's from the official OTA update. You just don't need to wipe anything. Trust me on this.
4. How come? I did this last night on my Nexus 7 and everything is just fine.
5. You won't get a bootloop or an error if you do exactly what I just told you.
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Hi bro can you provide me the similar flashable zip for android 4.3 for nexus 7 wifi
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Please help with updating...I feel like such a noob, and I feel shame...

Hey all...I'm sorry for sounding like such a noob (trust me i'm not as big as one as you may think) I'm just having a hard time grasping the idea of updating my Nexus. Let me explain:
I'm currently running stock rom but have Matr1x kernel on my phone. The only thing I've changed so far are a few icons (by pulling files from the nexus toolkit, replacing the icons and pushing them back to my phone).
I would prefer not to have to go through and redo all my icons, and would just like to get 4.2 onto my phone.
I looked over the directions on how to do this, but for the life of me (and IDK why) i can't seem to get my head around it...and it's making me feel real real stupid...
can someone please explain to me like i'm 5 how to do this? Or maybe just point me in the direction of a youtube video that will walk me through it...?
Thanks in advance and sorry for being such a noob...

Why not just backup the apk's+data you edited, save them to your computer, flash the stock images, root and restore the apps+data?
Edit: And flash a 4.2.2 kernel.

estallings15 said:
Why not just backup the apk's+data you edited, save them to your computer, flash the stock images, root and restore the apps+data?
Edit: And flash a 4.2.2 kernel.
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Do I backup via toolkit or with titanium backup?
Also, i tried getting back to stock but for some reason couldn't get it to flash the img file...idk what i was doing wrong...maybe u can give me some pointers on it.
Idk y i'm having such trouble with this, i've been on android since the very begining (had a g1 2 months after it came out)...I guess I was just spoiled with my vibrant being so easy...

zbt1985 said:
Do I backup via toolkit or with titanium backup?
Also, i tried getting back to stock but for some reason couldn't get it to flash the img file...idk what i was doing wrong...maybe u can give me some pointers on it.
Idk y i'm having such trouble with this, i've been on android since the very begining (had a g1 2 months after it came out)...I guess I was just spoiled with my vibrant being so easy...
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First of all, ditch the toolkit. You don't learn anything when you use toolkits. Probably why you're in the situation you're in.
Backup with titanium, or just make a nandroid and use titanium to extract the apps later.
To flash stock images:
Reboot into bootloader.
Open command prompt and "cd" to the directory where fastboot lies.
Type these commands -
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Optional -
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash radio radio.img
Then reboot

estallings15 said:
First of all, ditch the toolkit. You don't learn anything when you use toolkits. Probably why you're in the situation you're in.
Backup with titanium, or just make a nandroid and use titanium to extract the apps later.
To flash stock images:
Reboot into bootloader.
Open command prompt and "cd" to the directory where fastboot lies.
Type these commands -
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Optional -
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash radio radio.img
Then reboot
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Here's where the confusion lies...what do u mean cd where fastboot lies...I know how to cd, but not sure what you mean by where the fastboot would be...

zbt1985 said:
Here's where the confusion lies...what do u mean cd where fastboot lies...I know how to cd, but not sure what you mean by where the fastboot would be...
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I extract the adb folder from the android SDK and drop it in C:\.
So for me, it's "cd C:\adb"
I believe in the SDK it's in platform-tools or some such jazz. You can always do a search on your computer...
You have installed the android SDK, right? If not, your toolkit might have the adb and fastboot files in it. Grab them from there. Make it work. You can do it.

estallings15 said:
I extract the adb folder from the android SDK and drop it in C:\.
So for me, it's "cd C:\adb"
I believe in the SDK it's in platform-tools or some such jazz. You can always do a search on your computer...
You have installed the android SDK, right? If not, your toolkit might have the adb and fastboot files in it. Grab them from there. Make it work. You can do it.
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Yes I have the SDK as I use eclipse to complie the apps i make (i cheat)...
I see adb.exe, but not the folder for adbe...
Thanks for all the help man, I hit the thanks button for u!

zbt1985 said:
Yes I have the SDK as I use eclipse to complie the apps i make (i cheat)...
I see adb.exe, but not the folder for adbe...
Thanks for all the help man, I hit the thanks button for u!
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There should be a fastboot.exe and a few .dll files, as I recall.
Could someone upload all the latest files needed for adb and fastboot in a zip for him? Won't take you 5 minutes. I'm not by my computer.

Why not flash CM10.1 or latest Xylon.
Back up apps with titanium, flash ROM, flash gapps, restore via titanium.
Or do you want stock?
[Nexus⁴]

dEris said:
Why not flash CM10.1 or latest Xylon.
Back up apps with titanium, flash ROM, flash gapps, restore via titanium.
Or do you want stock?
[Nexus⁴]
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I wanted stock...i only want this for 1) getting updates faster than cm 2) being able to update the hard way and not be a kiddy about it...
Better for me to learn...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848
Scenario #3
Continue to section C.
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just follow efran's guide, he got the step by step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312

gravitysandwich said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848
Scenario #3
Continue to section C.
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That's what is confusing me...
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Download this http://d-h.st/iy0. Unzip it. Plug your phone I'm the computer, go to the directory where you installed the toolkit. (Right click on the shortcut/properties it should say it there) go in the directory, FLASH ITEMS HERE folder. Put the boot.img and system.img in there. (Radio.img is optional). Open the toolkit and go to flash images. Flash boot.img first. The directions should be on the toolkit. Then system and etc... Make sure you put it in fast boot or type no when the toolkit asks if your in fastboot mode. This will NOT delete your data. When you flashed everything, go to settings on your phone. (If there is a bug with updating it through settings, clear cache and data for Google services framework and force stop it. Then go to cache on root explorer (/cache) and delete the corrupt/partial update and try Again). Once you reboot, cwm will ask if you want to install update. Hit yes and install untrusted package. Then it will try to replace cwm with stock recovery so hit no. If you lost your root then get supersu from the play store and install the binaries via cwm.
Hope this helps.
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Btw I chose to flash it through toolkit because I was afraid you would've got the commands mixed up and you would never get it. One day you probably will
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Muchos gracias.
Would thank but on my phone
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zbt1985 said:
Muchos gracias.
Would thank but on my phone
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You can thank you your phone.

So it worked? Your welcome. I'm guessing you lost root. Here is the zip if you need it
http://download.chainfire.eu/314/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.20.zip
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gravitysandwich said:
So it worked? Your welcome. I'm guessing you lost root. Here is the zip if you need it
http://download.chainfire.eu/314/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.20.zip
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Haven't had a chance to try it, doing it now...thanks!

what can i do to save my phone?

me been stupid i did a format data wipe on my nexus 4 i can't find a way to get roms to my phone so i can install a os....
my nexus 4 bootloader is unlocked and i am on twrp recovery 2.5. but i can't seem to find a way to pus files on to the phone... please help!!!!

you could try the nexus4 tool kit by mskip . you can flash a stock rom through adb

toe451 said:
you could try the nexus4 tool kit by mskip . you can flash a stock rom through adb
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This ^
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i tried to do that but when i plug in my usb my computer do not make that beep sounds, it won't detect my phone. it was fine when i root it so i don't think there was driver issue... unless i missed something

toe451 said:
you could try the nexus4 tool kit by mskip . you can flash a stock rom through adb
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i did, when it said checking adb status, it said not found, i mean it was fine when i used the root kit to root. do i have to be in recovery mode or bootloader mode?

fengxshui said:
i did, when it said checking adb status, it said not found, i mean it was fine when i used the root kit to root. do i have to be in recovery mode or bootloader mode?
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i think you need to add the new adb files , if i remember right mskip hasn't added those files to the the 1.30 kit . if you look at his thread he has the files you can down load and add to his tool kit to get adb to work with 4.2.2
i copied this from mskips page
NOTE1:
1. Download http://goo.im/devs/mskip/toolkit/adb..._for_4.2.2.zip
2. Make sure your Toolkit has been closed correctly with the "x" option in the Main Menu or the adb server will still be running
3. Extract the contents of the zip file above to your Toolkit folder (overwriting the original files)
4. Run the Toolkit and when you get to the Main Menu a popup will appear on your device asking for authentification
If you do not get a popup then unplug/replug the usb cable to redetect the device.
5. Click ok to add your pc to the accepted list
6. Select the 'Refresh Main Menu' option in the Toolkit and your device will now show as 'device' and not 'offline'

4.2.2 comparability shouldn't matter while in the boot loader or recovery... At least I don't think it should. I haven't updated my adb drivers for 4.2.2 and it doesn't work while booted but i still use it on a pretty regular basis in recovery and the bootloader.

Great thanks everyone that reply. I finally got it working again
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Stock Recovery

I flashed TWRP to make backups and am finding I want to revert to stock recovery for whenever the next OTA is pushed. I'm on stock 4.2.2. Is there a repository to flash the stock recovery specific to the version of android I'm on or other way to backup/re-flash stock android prior to installing custom recovery?

ravenofdoom said:
I flashed TWRP to make backups and am finding I want to revert to stock recovery for whenever the next OTA is pushed. I'm on stock 4.2.2. Is there a repository to flash the stock recovery specific to the version of android I'm on or other way to backup/re-flash stock android prior to installing custom recovery?
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The stock Android recovery cannot make entire system (NANDROID) backups like TWRP or CWMR can. If your looking to re-install stock Android 4.2.2 for the Nexus 10 you can download and flash the Nexus 10 factory image from here (I would recommend taking a look at this great guide if your are unfamiliar with how to flash factory images). If you just want to reflash the Nexus 10 stock recovery you can download it from here, boot into fastboot mode and then flash it with the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery path/to/recovery-stock-manta.img
After it completes you can reboot into recovery mode and you should now have the stock Nexus 10 recovery image installed. For flashing the stock recovery you should try and match it to the Android version so if your on Android 4.2.2 try and flash the recovery.img that was pulled from the Android 4.2.2 factory image. However usually you can get away with flashing 4.2 or 4.2.1 version of the stock recovery.img as it is unlikely that anything major changed with the stock recovery image in those small incremental Android updates.

Is there a repo or other way to make a backup of stock recovery before flashing custom (TWRP/CWMR). If I'm on the go and want to interchange between custom recovery and previous stock recovery without the aid of a computer nearby, how would I do that? Is there an app that can save/snapshot my current stock recovery before flashing custom recovery (and then can later let me re-flash that saved recovery)?

Flashing stock recovery wont make me lose any data will it? because 4.3 was released for s4 google edition so im sure nexus 10 is close and i want to be ready.

abdel12345 said:
Flashing stock recovery wont make me lose any data will it? because 4.3 was released for s4 google edition so im sure nexus 10 is close and i want to be ready.
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Correct flashing stock recovery won't make you loose any data. But as always when your flashing anything and if you have even the slightest hesitation backup any data you wouldn't want to loose.
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Alright thanks man. I already used my 8 for today but ill thank you tomorrow and ill back up my apps with titanium backup

OK what is the command to use to flash because the one from the previous page didn't work it said something about not finding it or something are there any drivers that need to be installed or something I'm missing? I connected it to my CPU and turned it on while holding power and volume and it went menu where you see tablet info? Any help please
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ravenofdoom said:
Is there a repo or other way to make a backup of stock recovery before flashing custom (TWRP/CWMR). If I'm on the go and want to interchange between custom recovery and previous stock recovery without the aid of a computer nearby, how would I do that? Is there an app that can save/snapshot my current stock recovery before flashing custom recovery (and then can later let me re-flash that saved recovery)?
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Don't know if you still need this info, but you can use flash_image to flash recoveries without having to connect to a PC. So if you save the recovery image files, you can switch easily. Have a look here:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-flash-a-new-recovery-image-if-you-are-already-rooted/
I haven't done this on my N10, but I've used the method several times on my HTC Vivid phone.
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bruce7373 said:
Don't know if you still need this info, but you can use flash_image to flash recoveries without having to connect to a PC. So if you save the recovery image files, you can switch easily. Have a look here:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-flash-a-new-recovery-image-if-you-are-already-rooted/
I haven't done this on my N10, but I've used the method several times on my HTC Vivid phone.
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That actually helped me out with my problem thanks because I couldn't get it to flash from cpu
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abdel12345 said:
That actually helped me out with my problem thanks because I couldn't get it to flash from cpu
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Cool. :thumbup:
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@bruce7373 it didnt work it just tells me flash_image not found when i put in the command and i checked and its there on the sd card

abdel12345 said:
@bruce7373 it didnt work it just tells me flash_image not found when i put in the command and i checked and its there on the sd card
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The IMG file is not found or flash_image itself isn't there? If you don't have flash_image, you can download it (I think there's a link on that page I referenced, or just Google it). If the former, you need to first navigate to the folder flash_image is in (/system/bin with the ROM I have on my N10), then run the command, making sure the IMG file is in the root of /sdcard.
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bruce7373 said:
The IMG file is not found or flash_image itself isn't there? If you don't have flash_image, you can download it (I think there's a link on that page I referenced, or just Google it). If the former, you need to first navigate to the folder flash_image is in (/system/bin with the ROM I have on my N10), then run the command, making sure the IMG file is in the root of /sdcard.
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OK I'll try yhat
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[Q] Return to Stock

I'm looking at taking my Nexus 4 back to stock. I'm running TWRP, CM11, modified modem files, etc and for some reason I'm getting terrible battery life I'd just like to go back to stock. Can anyone tell me if I can keep root and Xposed and still get OTA updates?
Thanks

There is an app called OTA RootKeeper. Try it out, but from what I know this app doesnt support 4.3+

Instructions from Other Guides Available on xda
@jcicora Did you just want to flash stock radio and kernel? Or just wanted to start over with stock ROM?
Stock Radio and Kernel
Grab the official Android 4.4.4 image for the Nexus 4 here along with Android Studio here
Extract the occam-ktu84p-factory-b6ac3ad6.tgz and open folder to extract image-occam-ktu84p.zip
Open into platform-tools of Android Studio (Android Studio>sdk>platform-tools)
Copy radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1701.03.img and boot.img into platform-tools
Open command window inside platform-tools (Shift+Right click)
With USB Debugging enabled on your phone, use commands adb reboot bootloader, fastboot flash radio "radio.img", and fastboot flash boot "boot.img"
Stock ROM
Grab the official Android 4.4.4 image for the Nexus 4 here along with Android Studio here
Extract the occam-ktu84p-factory-b6ac3ad6.tgz
Open into platform-tools of Android Studio (Android Studio>sdk>platform-tools)
Copy all files extracted from occam-ktu84p-factory-b6ac3ad6.tgz into platform-tools
Open command window inside platform-tools (Shift+Right click)
With USB Debugging enabled on your phone, use commands adb reboot bootloader and flash.all

That's a lot of steps. Just extract the factory image, boot into the bootloader and double click the flash-all.bat while connected to your pc
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A Little OCD about my Files
@jd1639 Same thing! I just like keeping my things organized, so I keep all my img files, SuperSU, TWRP, and kernels inside of platform-tools folder.

To as answer the original question, rooted will let you get OTAs, xposed will cause them to fail - but you can just disable xposed then re enable after the update.
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Follow up question, this will completely wipe my phone right? "SD card" included?

jcicora said:
Follow up question, this will completely wipe my phone right? "SD card" included?
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Yes. You might want to keep a backup.

kittuboy said:
Yes. You might want to keep a backup.
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Ordinarily I would do a nandroid backup, however since I won't have a custom recovery is there another method I should use?

Titanium backup works great. Requires root.
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But will it create a file I can flash over to restore everything, ROM, recovery, apps, etc? Or should I just make a nandroid backup and use MTP to transfer it over to my pc?

A flashable zip is creatable, but Titanium Backup only back up applications and the data of the applications. Flashing the zip will restore your app and app data only. The only way to backup the ROM and all that other stuff is through a nandroid, which you said you don't have access to. In this situation I believe Titanium Backup is better than nothing.
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